Subject
Religious Education
Course details
In the context of today’s world, we are advocating that RE should help the personal development of young people to hold balanced and well-informed conversations about religion and belief, i.e. be religiously literate. At Westside School, students will access a high quality RE curriculum that engenders an interest in improving understanding of and showing respect for, different faiths and cultural diversity.
Students will access a broad and balanced curriculum which develops breadth and depth of religious knowledge and acceptance of worldviews. It is our intent for the Religious Education element of our school curriculum to engage, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to answer challenging questions, explore different religious beliefs, values and traditions and develop a more rigorous understanding of the numerous religious traditions, beliefs and practices that are followed in our multi-cultural society.
Our aim is for our puils to make sense of the bigger picture of the multi-religious, multi-secular world they live in.
Programme of study Y7
Community
- Introduction
- Groups within your community
Introduction to Christianity
- Divisions and Denominations
Introduction to Islam
- Mohammed & Allah
Introduction to Hinduism
- The Trimurti
Scriptural Origins Part 1
- In the Beginning
Places of Worship
- Church
- Mosque
- Mandir
Programme of study Y8
Rites of Passage
- 7 Sacraments
- 5 Pillars of Islam
- Samskaras
Festivals
- Christmas & Easter
- Ramadan & Eid-ul-Adha
- Divali
Worship
-Mass
- Salah/Saum
- Home/Arti/Havan
Programme of study Y9
Moral Issues
- Prejudice & Discrimination
Key Figures: Nick Vujicic, Martin Luther King
- Women's Rights: Malala, Women in Sports (The Lionesses, Serena Williams)
Moral Issues
- Global Concerns
Single use Plastics, Deforestation
Greta Thunberg, Melati & Isabel Wijsen
Moral Issues
- Poverty
Mother Teresa, Marcus Rashford
Assessment
Students will be given a wide range of opportunities to apply their religious knowledge, skills and concepts of the World Religions through a variety of questions, ranging from simple recall of knowledge to providing evidence based arguments, logical chains of reasoning, and reaching reasoned and justified conclusions. Assessment records are kept for each unit of work. Homework may involve a continuation of the skills used in the classroom, or consist of a research task or a summative/formative examination.